Com-pōs'ite1, a.
(kom-pōz'it), a. [Lat. compositus, p. p. of componere. See COMPOSE.] 1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. Landor.
Sense 2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order of architecture, which is made up of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order.
Composite arch (Arch.), the pointed or lancet arch. Gwilt.—Composite number (Math.), one which can be measured exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.
